please read the instructions

Step One: Based on your reading of The Thief and the Dogs, respond to the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Who is Said Mahran? Why was he in jail?

2. What happened to Said Mahran’s wife while he was in jail?

3. How does the Naguib Mahfouz portray Said Mahran’s relationship with Nur?

4. The charactor of Ra’uf complicates and escalates the narrative of The Thief and The Dogs. Do you see Ra’uf as an antagonist who becomes the foible to the protagnist Said? How so?

5.Describe the character of Nur from the fiction The Thief and The Dogs. How does Mahfouz reverse stereotypical images of prostitutes by using Nur ?

Step Two:

Now synthesize your responses to Steps One into two paragraphs. Be sure to include direct textual citations. Your final post should be at least 150 words, but you may go over that amount. Read the Discussion Board grading rubric to see how your initial post will be evaluated. Submit this synthesized, initial post by Thursdy Feb 23rd, 11:59pm.

Step Three:

Respond to at least two other students’ posts by 11:59PM (EST) on Friday, Feb 24th. Follow the rules of “netiquette,” and remember that I will evaluate your responses as well.

1. The Thief and The Dogs, a fiction written by Egyptian Nobel laureate Nagib Mahfouz, Narrates the story of three generations of a family in Cairo from 1919 to 1944
   

   True False
   

10 points

QUESTION 2

1. What are the narrative techniques that Nagib Mahfouze utilizes in the fiction The Thief and The Dogs?
   

   	A.	use of light
   	B.	magical realism
   	C.	historical setting
   	D.	Shifting narrative voice

10 points

QUESTION 3

1. In the fiction The Thief and The Dogs Mahfouz reverse stereotypical images of prostitutes by using the character of Said’s wife.

   True False